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Core Gamers don't matter anymore.

KhalathwyrKhalathwyr Member UncommonPosts: 3,133
in General Gaming

http://www.lazygamer.net/general-news/ffd-you-no-longer-matter-deal-with-it/

 

At least that's what the author of this article presents for discussion/debate.

I have to say I do agree with this somewhat only I don't think it's just a recent thing. I think this idea was firmly embraced by the video gaming community after World of Warcraft passed the million subscriber mark back in 2004-2005.

I'd say that I do think that idea is lessening some since the rise of Kickstarter. By that I mean you have folks like Mark Jacobs coming out and saying that their kickstarted game is not going to be for everyone and that they have 100% happy with that.

I'm 36 and I remember back in High School (so early to mid 90s) when computer gaming was really only done by us "nerds and geeks" along with Magic the Gathering and table-top RPGs. Now its done by all those social clicks (Jocks, Preps, Cheerleaders, Cool kids, and all the mundanes in between) that looked down on us and called us basement dwellers with no social lives. Now gaming is described partly in terms of how social it is.

 

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  • redcappredcapp Member Posts: 722

    Yep.  Games went mainstream.  I think a lot of us "gamers" who were into it when it WAS just a nerdy loser thing to do would agree that this is why many games no longer appeal to us.

     

    They do have a broader appeal, though.. that's capitalism. 

     

    inb4 i get called a hipster for using the word mainstream or some bullshit.

  • waynejr2waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771
    as computer geek from the 70s I thought games started going mainstream in the 80s
    http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2010/QBlog190810A.html  

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  • DamonVileDamonVile Member UncommonPosts: 4,818

    It's funny that people use gamer as old school now. To me a gamer is someone who could always "blend " in with what most consider normal people. Nerds and geeks are the ones you can spot...and sometimes smell across the room.

    I've been going to gaming conventions for years and you can really see the change in people.  My first time going to pax I wondered why on ever page it said something about showering and changing your clothes every day...wtf right ? Well by sunday you knew why.

    It isn't like that anymore. Most of the people walking around look and smell pretty normal...even after 3 days of 24/hr games and game related fun.

    It just goes to show you that the age of the fat kid sitting in the basement being the target market is gone. They are now the minority when it comes to who is buying/playing these games. That's not to say that everyone who wants game to be like they were, are these people, but mainstream is really what mmo's have become.

  • McGamerMcGamer Member UncommonPosts: 1,073
    Originally posted by waynejr2
    as computer geek from the 70s I thought games started going mainstream in the 80s

    MMOs didn't even become multiplayer globally until the 80s, so that comment makes no sense.

  • KenFisherKenFisher Member UncommonPosts: 5,035

    I've always been an outsider.  I had friends who were core gamers, most of whom were DnD nerds from the 80s.

     

    I know I'm outside target demographics, but it amazes me that even the core guys are now outsiders too.  They kept the gaming industry alive for the better part of 30 years now.

     

    The core is dead, long live the (new) core.

     

    Ah well, sh** happens.

     

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  • KenFisherKenFisher Member UncommonPosts: 5,035
    Originally posted by waynejr2
    as computer geek from the 70s I thought games started going mainstream in the 80s

     

    Yep.  Matches my memory too, although the degree of mainstream has shifted.

     

    So, you ever play Adventure aka Colossal Cave?  That was my first hands on with computer gaming.  So freakin amazing.

     

    Ken Fisher - Semi retired old fart Network Administrator, now working in Network Security.  I don't Forum PVP.  If you feel I've attacked you, it was probably by accident.  When I don't understand, I ask.  Such is not intended as criticism.
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